Geochemical-geomorphological evidence for the provenance of Aeolian Sands and sedimentary environments in the Hunshandake Sandy Land, Eastern Inner Mongolia, China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 871-884

  Liu, Ziting ^a,b   Yang, Xiaoping ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian process; Dune; Geochemistry; Geomorphology; Major element; REE; Sediment provenance; Trace element

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DESERT; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; NEODYMIUM; PROVENANCE;

CHINA; HUNSHANDAKE DESERT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84897043673     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12095     Document Type: Article

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